Critically Endangered Orchids in Portugal
Orchidacea Herbarium
Exhibited at Zaratan Art Contemporanea Art residency in Lisbon September 2024
In the context of Global Diversity 6th mass extinction, many species of the most diverse plant vascular families by their number of taxa are probably ex-posed to extinction. The five largest angiosperm families (Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Orchidaceae, Poaceae and Rubia ceae) account for about a third of all known species and the Orchidaceae could be the largest family with more than 25,000 known species (Cribb and Govaerts 2005). Orchid species appear particularly threatened in their natural range and susceptible to extinction risks as re- vealed in the 2008 IUCN red list of threatened species with a high proportion of species classified as endangered (en) (Vié et al. 2009).
A permanent rainbow on my windowsill
Size: 57 cm : 27 cm : 59 cm
Mixed Media installation : Recycled Cardboard Box, iron, acrylic, orchid plant , cork
Orchidaceae Genus Collection
Gymnadenia conopsea; Dactylorhiza insularis; Orchis Laxiflora; Platanthera bifolia; Serapias perez-chiscanoi; Epipactis fageticola
Size: 15 cm:10 cm
Mixed Media on handmade paper; Watercolour , biodegradable recycled packaging cardboard
Hortus siccus mosaic
Sizes:
Cephalanthera rubra – 24 cm : 21cm : 0.5cm
Dactylorhiza sulphurea – 23 cm : 21cm : 0.5cm
Planthatehera bifolia – 29 cm : 19 cm : 0.5 cm
Neittia nidus – avis – 26 cm : 17 cm : 0.5 cm
Mixed Media: Watercolours on Cork, wood, biodegradable recycled packaging cardboard
Critically endangered Orchis Collection
Orchis collina; Orchis provincialis, Orchis ustulata
Average Size: 21cm : 24cm : 3mm
Mixed Media paintings on cork, watercolours and biodegradable recycled packaging cardboard
Critically Endangered Orchis Exhibit A
Orchis collina; Orchis provincialis, Orchis ustulata
Image size: 29.5:20 cm / Paper size: 29:42 cm
Monotype watercolour prints on Fabriano paper (and cork)
Orchidaceae Herbarium Collection Notes 1 – ( Exhibited in Collection Boxes )
Planthathera bifolia; Epipactis fageticola; Spiranthes aestivalis ; Dactylorhiza ielata; Orchis collina; Cephalanthera rubra; Dactylorhiza sulphurea
Size: 15 cm : 10 cm each – Grouped: 46:42 cm
Mixed Media – eco biodegradable packaging boxes, handmade paper, watercolour paint & pencils
Dactylorhiza elata
Size: 15 cm : 13 cm : 0.5 cm
Mixed media on cork, wood, watercolours, biodegradable recycled packaging cardboard
The Herbarium Joao de Carvalho e Vasconcellos (LISI) is a centenary Herbarium, founded in 1917, in the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), School of Agriculture, of the University of Lisbon. The LISI Herbarium houses more than 80 000 pressed and dried specimens, including 48 type specimens. It holds one of the largest collections of spontaneous vascular plants for mainland Portugal and Azores. The Herbarium is in active growth, with about 900 new accessions per year, and is among the reference collections for the Flora Iberia project. This Edition of work has been inspired and motivated by this collection.
SEEING GREEN 